From a22056853575991ff630816fb9b5e6b5d003a020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Reis <markus.reis@yesdevs.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:17:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add fallback for nullish clone attempts

---
 src/Listeners/BaseListener.php | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Listeners/BaseListener.php b/src/Listeners/BaseListener.php
index 596506d..1119dde 100644
--- a/src/Listeners/BaseListener.php
+++ b/src/Listeners/BaseListener.php
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ abstract class BaseListener
     protected function checkForDatabaseObject($object)
     {
         if ($object instanceof User || (method_exists($object, 'model') && method_exists($object, 'toModel'))) {
-            $object = $object->model();
+            // If model() returns null (eg. on create), fallback to $object, as `clone null` will throw an exception
+            $object = $object->model() ?: $object;
         }
 
         return clone $object;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}